I have fallen far behind in my care and feeding of the now robust What Are You Looking For group. I'm making up for that by posting to the front page a list of our recent helpers that I would usually post in the group. My point in doing this is to let people know that their help will be acknowledged. I'm several months behind in doing this, so, for now, this is a list of our helpers in the past 2 months. I've also included info about them. If it's about their region, I've provided a region address. Go visit and know that they are nice people. If it's info about their interests and such, you might seek them out if you have a mutual interest, or use it as a conversation starter if you see them at an event. You will recognize them as they have avatars that look like the people in that charming picture of helpers. (Or maybe not. Ya, probably not.) In any case, you will want to get to know them because, as I've said, our helpers are good people. The list.

The Most Recent Helpers In The What Are You Looking For group.

Arkham City AKA Felix Mafia, creator of Arkham Grid. Check out Kingman City. It's the most popular region in OS, and for good reason. grid.arkhamgrid.org:8002:Kingman City

Chelsea Louloudi, co-creator of Pepperland and Pepperland II,  based on the 1968 ground breaking animated cartoon, Beatles 'Yellow Submarine'. lfgrid.com:8002:Pepperland

Esti Mation, creator of several regions including Aestia, home of a 13th century people of todays Estonia. grid.estimation.ee:80:Aestia

Gentle Dragonheart, creator of Moana, which has, among many features, a clothing optional beach. login.friends-grid.com:8002:Moana

Harthelie, who is also a member of the Francophones group. https://opensimworld.com/groups/1039

Herme. A mystery to all who do not know her.

Hicks, creator of Dingleberry Dump, “the public dump of miracles.” groovyverse.com:8002:Dingleberry Dump

JamieWright, creator of Birch Grove regions, welcoming, safe spaces. hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002:Birch Grove Spring

Jupiter Rowland, who is convinced of Roth2 v2.

KatOlague who says. “I'm researching shops and malls for inclusion on: http://hypercat.info If you know a shop that isn't listed on HyperCat, please ask the shop owner to fill out the Request form at: http://hypercat.info/help/request.aspx

LunaAylan, a fan of Mexico Lindo
lfgrid.com:8002:Mexico Lindo

MandaStark, who asks you to "Join my group OpenSim https://www.deviantart.com/opensim/ - open for all grids - lets post nice images and show the Secondlifers OS can be an interesting place - and also show ourselves what nice things we create together!"

Marianna, crafter of amazing jewelry and creator of many many regions! Visit her profile for a list. https://opensimworld.com/user/Marianna

Mistressdalgato, lifestyle Mistress and also a creator of many many regions. Visit her profile for a list: https://opensimworld.com/user/Mistressdalgato

MrSnoodle, who likes books with pictures, preferably with thick card pages with little buildings that pop up. Me too! Why don’t we have any of them in OS?

SheaButter, creator of several regions including the zoo-themed Moe, where you can see how you can use animesh animals. avirtualworld.org:8002:Moe

Sunshine Szavanna, who explores music from around the world with a special focus on Africa & India.  Visit the Sunvibes region for a listen. hg.osgrid.org:80:Sunvibes

My thanks to them, and those I have not mentioned yet. They are why the group is so special.

Everyone, we love you all! But:-
We cannot provide support for DreamGrid (don't know anything about it)
We have nothing to do with OSGRID
We'd love to help but we're busy enough supporting our wonderful Wolf Grid users! (Photo from Jimmy Olsen's Iceland region) - ofcourse if you want to migrate to Wolf Grid as so many have done we'll do our very best to help you!

Vesti was launched March 7th 2024, and for the anniversary Im posting 11 NEW Xara outfits for you. a little Latex, sequin, sexy lingerie, and more. Come Check them out and dont forget to visit the Seasons Store for your St Patricks Day Clothing. hg.trianon-world.com:18002:Vesti

My New Store - Amara Lace Designs Complete Avatars and Outfits. These are 4 of my current Avatars. Working on more as well as outfits! All avatars are shaped from scratch and made with love. Come on down to see them. hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV Street Party/106/180/26

It's carnival, let the Monsters out.. 2 different Colors ,works with all bodies.We tested it with Athena,Legacy F and Legacy M.You just need to make the body alpha with your body's HUD. So let`s be Cuddle Monsters ;-)

We've been updating some of our office buildings in our welcome area. Region owners can have a FREE office to show off their regions and provide an immersive experience.

https://www.wolf-grid.com/

The two new Japanese Tea Houses are nearly complete - one wood and the other red. Each has a matching Tea Set Group like the one pictured here, and the zaisu chairs come with AVSitter and two animations. Both Tea Set Groups are available now, and the Tea Houses should be ready sometime tomorrow. All new items have both PBR and standard textures. In the lobby, click the Japanese teleport sign on the left, then you will see the Tea Houses across the way on the other side of the garden area. Alternately, you can walk out of the lobby and take a left until you come to a Japanese bridge with torii gates that takes you through the main gate to the Japanese area. All of those items are available as well.

The old sofa looks very beautiful when I used PBR material brown leather on it, also I changed the material of the wood and gave the cushions an elegant look with the help of silver fabric material. If anyone needs this sofa, please contact me. Also in my residence there are many more interesting PBR furniture. Сome and see, the photo does not convey this amazing view. My entire residence is 60% PBR

Lots of news and views from around Opensim in the past couple of weeks... like this:
The French-speaking community inaugurated a new garden of memory on Francopholie
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/french-respects.html
Neverworld reorganized their continents
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-var-var-better-thi...
Safari went to see Anachron Young's Mystic paradise
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-mysteries-of-atl...
Safine took us swimming
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/super-scuba.html
@EllenTiratzo organized a message from us all to Verna Avril
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/love-to-verna.html
Alien encounters on OSgrid with Geo perez
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/signs-and-visions-on...
We found out more about Hogwarts and Animesh from Taarna Welles
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/domadun-fun.html
A tour of Paris with Ana, Nadir, and friends
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/anas-paris.html
Khiron Ametza tells her story
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/khirons-voice.html
and finally, some background to tomorrow's big anniversary on Craft
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/crystal-craft.html

Another fun project. "The Legend of La Mariecomo" She was a legendary witch of south-east New Brunswick Canada, who lived from 1838 - 1910. She was like the Marie Laveaux of Canada. I learned of her while studying my Mi'kmaq and French ancestry. I think we have a few people from that area in OpenSim. If anyone knows of her story, I would love to hear from you.

There is a book that is out of print, unfortunately: La mariecomo: Roman (Collection Les Romanciers du jour ; R-112) (French Edition)

"Mariecomo is the story of an Acadian witch (born in 1838, died around 1910) who made the rain and the good weather during the second half of the 19th century in the Acadian villages of the southeast coast of New Brunswick. From Cap-Pelé to Richibouctou, it was the "country of Mariecomo" and like the other sorcerers, witches, spellcasters, fortune tellers, readers of the black books, the Little and Great Albert, the Richibouctou Tears, celebrants of black masses, white and black magic, etc., Mariecomo was part of the "sect" that the world called the "sorcerers of the Coast"."

15 Jahre Dorenas World.
Freitag 17.1.2025
Rock-House
mit DJ Anachron

Beginn 19:00 Uhr

Ihr könnt auf uns zählen!
Ein Programm im Rahmen der Events zum Jubiläum
15 Jahre Dorenas-Welt

Ende wie immer um Mitternacht.
Hypergrid : dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon

15 years of Dorenas World.
Friday 17.1.2025
Rock-House
with DJ Anachron
Starts at 7:00 p.m.
You can count on us!
A program as part of the anniversary events
15 years of Dorenas World
Ends as always at midnight.
Hypergrid: dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon .

Gracie and Dexter's Community Dump is Open to Public - Everyone Welcome

I added Giraffe Family today and Fred added his excellent camels!

@FerdFrederix thank you for adding your rideable camels so that we can ride here 🐪🐫

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Gracie and Dexter's Community Dump

Marianna of Monets jewlery wanted to honor Trizzys legacy by creating a PBR Pendant for all of her friends and everyone to enjoy.

You can pick it up at grid.myvirtualbeach.com:8002:Rayvn's Roost Concourse

Blessed Yuletide from The Starchilds!
Let this be my gift and Blessing to you: 'May, when give the choice, you always choose kindness. For you are all Children of the Earth and Starry Heavy, but your race is of Heaven Alone'.
For it's when the choice is the hardest to make, that becomes the most meaningful. May, when blame, when criticism, when frustration are the easy paths, you still make the hardest choice to be kind. For in this dwells a great Mystery of the quality of humankind.
As Miradola portrayed:
'We have given thee, Adam, no fixed seat, no form of thy very own, no gift peculiarly thine, that thou mayest feel as thine own, have as thine own, possess as thine own the seat, the form, the gifts which thou thyself shalt desire. A limited nature in other creatures is confined within the laws written down by us. In conformity with thy free judgment, in whose hands I have place thee, thou art confined by no bound; and thou wilt fix limits of nature for thyself. I have placed thee at the centre of the world. Neither heavenly nor earthly, neither mortal nor immortal have we made thee. Thou, like a judge appointed for being honourable, art the moulder and maker of thyself; thou mayest sculpt thyself into whatever shape thou dost prefer. Thou canst grow downward into the lower natures which are brutes. Thou canst again grow upward from thy soul's reason into the higher natures which are divine'.
Bright Blessing!

Happy Holidays to all, here is a little group gift, there is blink for the light and it is holdable.
Enjoy
We lava U!!!
*** Remember if you are already part of Tierra de Volcanes Group come and get your group gift, open the group info ---> announcements, there open attachment and get your group gift.
If you are not yet a member don't forget to join the next time you visit us

The store that is loved by so many people just got a whole lot bigger!

Texture Too - a new store for you by Zuzu Bahro and Safine Mahoe

the new building at Textures Trees and Scripts and it is full of textures to help your projects.

Shingles
Ancient writings
metals
sci fi
stained glass
fabrics
holidays
and much more!

Come on out and find out why people are loving the new , second texture building. Just take the tp stone to Textures Too

Textures Trees & Scripts - the little store that everyone is talking about!

OUT NOW: Pack Scars v2 and Plastic Bandage add-ons for EvoX
Another two pack along with the vibe of the previous two.
A face scars pack for EvoX with 6 different variations
A plastic bandage pack compatible with BOM

Uber: hop://playground.darkheartsos.com:8002/Boutiques%20NE/88/2...

Pixey and Harmony (Jojo), owners of Pendle Hollow and Mermaid's Cove, send love and prayers to all of those affected by Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton. Pixey is in Florida and has been evacuated to safer ground. Stay safe everyone!

@@@@@@ FUNNY ALIEN NPCs (*) WITH CRAZY SONGS COLLECTION @@@@@@
---------------------- updated October 09th 2024 -----------------------
(*) NPC Killer HUD included.

By request, NPCs you could see at sims at EUROPA now available at LIGHT and SOUND MUSEUM, SOUND SECTOR, BOX 07 for FREE AND FULLPERM!

01- ALIEN BEATLES, singing "Yellow Subarine";
02- ALIEN MADONNA, singing, "Like a Virgin";
03- STARWARS ALIEN PERFORMERS, singing "Cantina in Mos Asley";
04- EDITH-ALIEN-PIAF, singing "Je ne regrette rien";
05- Alien singing "I just pooped in my pants";
06- LORD SITH and STORMTROPPERS, singing "I`m too sexy for my shirt";
07- MARILYN-ALIEN-MONROE, singing "Diamonds are the best girls friend;
08- REDNECK ALIEN, singing "Big Rock Candy Mountain";
09- THE ALIEN CHORDETTES, singing "Lollipop";
10 -TINY ALIENS, singing "We are the world".
11- DEE-ALIEN-LITE, singing "Grooves in the heart";
12- ALIEN FRANK SINATRA, singing NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

Nestled down a quaint path, you'll discover the newly opened Nailed It! salon. Inside, you'll find an array of 6 fresh nail options tailored for the modern, on-the-go woman.
Four of the styles are designed to fit the nails of Simona, Xara, and potentially Athena, while two come with their own custom nails.
The Belle Nails collection offers longer-than-standard tips in a vibrant selection of 30 colors. For those seeking a bold look, the Coffin Nails come in 21 distinctive hues and styles, featuring an extra-long, tapered shape.
We hope you'll stop in and enjoy the latest nail trends and offerings at Nailed It!

Teaching myself pbr materials. Very different process to get those materials into OS. This is the clearest comparison yet of the difference between legacy materials and pbr materials. The one on the left was the best I was able to do with regular materials using only the original diffuse, normal, and specular textures. The one on the right uses all the original textures and shows them correctly.